UMDDogz

crunch time!

Jay had to take him down to keep Parise from walking in. Bad D positioning.

GOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!! Lessard!!!!!!!! 3-3!!!!!!!

I'll be stepping out now. I'll still be listening in and out.

Dogs storm the net but can't score.

5 on 3!!!!!!

Terrible start.....

Just minutes until faceoff!! I can't wait!!

My guess is that the Dogs will start with some fire. If they're not up for this game, it's going to be a looooong rest of the season!

Three hours to go... Time to put on the jersey!!!!! Maybe the next time the Dogs play the Sioux I will go down to Senser's and see what the big deal is. Gotta stay home tonight though... Finals suck!

Obviously, college hockey rivalries tend to polarize people, and make it into a we/they situation. To say that Gopher fans are disliked is rather far-reaching. Perhaps what you meant is that YOU don't like them. The rioting was an embarrassment to the school and the program, yes. This cannot, however, be taken to mean that all Gopher fans are jerks. Or even that MOST are. The few that you have had close contact with may have been. Point "C" is absolutely laughable. Your arguement defeats itself. You demand respect for your program, after showing blatant disrespect for another program. ALL participant programs in the WCHA and college hockey deserve equal resepct...regardless of something as subjective as "mystique, tradition...yadda yadda yadda". You have a very trite, narrow, UND-centric view of the world, my friend. As for the cheer...you obviously were not at the 2002 Frozen Four. 18,000 people doing that chant is a very powerful thing. Goldy can be comical...but I ignore him for the most part.

Got my seats reserved for another year!! Hope to see the Dogs down there in March!

Why not? Seperation of church and SKATE??!!

I wonder if any Dogz fans will be there........

The college game is slower, and less crisp than the NHL. I like the college game much better though, as the slower pace allows us to see the play develop better, and a chance to anticipate what is going to happen (which is the most fun part). College hockey also has many more end-toend rushes and odd-man situations than the NHL, because teams do not play as well defensively and...let's face it...college players make many more mistakes, leading to interesting and unusual situations. The atmosphere at college games is second to none!! With the pep band blaring, the student section spouting a myriad of organized chants and quips (the 1 min remaining "thank you", etc.), and the overall crowd involvement far outshines any experience I have had in a professional rink. The WCHA Final Five will probably rank as my all-time favorite sporting event to attend. (It would be the Frozen Four, but there's the small matter of beer sales to consider). Finally, most of the players are playing because they love the game. They do not receive any immediate compensation other than the acolades (MVP, plr of the week, etc.) of fans, coaches, and the media. They play hard every weekend, and never fall victim to the petty squabbles and salary arbitration (Gaborik) that continue to plague the professional ranks. Don't get me wrong here; I very much enjoy attending Wild games as well (last game I saw live was game 5 vs. Colorado), but I will always feel that college hockey provides the better atmosphere and the more interesting competition. My $2.00. (Way to long to be worth just $0.02)

Now you just need someone to conduct the "choir" (student section), and you're all set!

I doubt Sandy is losing any sleep. Look for Reich in net Friday night. NO question. We'll see how far "past him" it is when Peluso meets him in the corner...or Brandt/Parise's crease.

It doesn't really rhyme.......or make any sense......

I don't think that a team getting better after you played them should have anything to do with it. If they were #1 when you played them...you should get credit for beating a #1 team...even if they fall off the map after losing to you. My $0.02

Studying is overrated!! Showing up is half the battle! (Being of sober mind is the other half!)

Going to the Target Center was great!! So many people must have dropped out of the season tickets, our priority moved us up to center red line seats!! I sat in the The St. Paul Club section for that game! Those are not bad seats either!!

Wow!! Very impressive.

and there's plenty you can't spell w/o UND.......

Yeah.......Bluto!!!!!!!!

That was a great game!! I thoroughly enjoyed cheering for the Sioux...(since UMD didn't show up). Too bad the overtime went the wrong way. Great comeback for the Sioux, down 5-2 with only about 1/2 the third period remaining! Perfectly executed draw play when Roche (I believe) tied the game. What a rocket that was!